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> On Mon, 12 May 2008 09:11:14 -0500 Jer <gdunn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> | phil-news-nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> |> On Mon, 12 May 2008 00:24:52 -0500 Jer <gdunn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> |> | phil-news-nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> |> |> On Sun, 11 May 2008 14:10:35 -0700 SAC 441 <SAC441@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> |> |> | The MPAA/RIAA cabal is now mandating that all
> |> |> | Pay Per View have a Digital Rights Management coding that allows
for the
> |> |> | expiration of a selection/purchase on a DVR after 24 hours on
> |> |> | satellite systems whether viewed or not.If they also start to
implement
> |> |> | this "feature" on CATV systems as well,Pay Per View is and will
be a
> |> |> | very unattractive option.In fact,it will downright "suck".
> |> |>
> |> |> The 24 hour restriction applies to viewing the REMAINDER of a
movie once you
> |> |> have STARTED to view it. You can keep the movie for a longer
period of time
> |> |> like 30 to 90 days before you START to view it.
> |> |>
> |> |
> |> |
> |> | I recall reading about this somewhere, and this is the same
inference I
> |> | got. There are times when I'll record a program, but the phone
rings
> |> | and I'm gone for a week or two before I get the chance to watch it.
A
> |> | 24 hours leash would crimp a schedule like that. However, any
> |> | time-relevant leash would require some expectation that an internal
> |> | clock function is maintained accurately and beyond viewer control.
> |>
> |> If you have already _started_ to watch the movie, then yes, that can
be a
> |> problem. But it's not as bad of a problem for most people as the
previous
> |> incorrect inference had suggested.
> |>
> |> They would be better off with a system that could correctly track how
you
> |> play the movie, and know that you have not finished it and let you
resume
> |> again later, possibly even starting over from the beginning. I
suppose
> |> what they don't want is for the movie to be playing over and over and
over
> |> hour after hour, day after day, as people visit and watch it any time
they
> |> want to. It would not be hard to prevent that and still let you
resume the
> |> movie you started 4 weeks ago. Maybe their programmers are not the
good
> |> ones that could code the firmware to do that in a couple hours.
> |>
> |
> |
> | If parity with rental services is anything relevant, why would they
care
> | how many times I watched the movie during the prescribed rental
> | interval? I've watched many movies more than once.
>
> Don't worry, the MPAA will eventually make sure you get equally screwed
on the
> rentals.
>
Hence another reason why I just don't do rentals. No more PBJ platters
in my player! No sir, not even.
--
jer
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